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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kobe Beef (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dany Legorious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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213 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
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180 cm
25
211 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Kobe Beef!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Dany Legorious!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Glass and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beef throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Legorious counters with a head kick. That will keep Beef thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Beef fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Beef throws the kick towards the body but Legorious avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beef. Legorious does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beef throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Legorious tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Beef is in Legorious's guard.
Legorious is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Beef defends well.
Beef slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Beef has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Beef tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Beef has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Beef sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Legorious is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beef tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Beef is putting a hurting on Legorious here, landing some big shots from side control.
Legorious can't do much from the bottom here.
Legorious is looking for a sweep.
Legorious is not content to let Beef control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Beef misses with the ground and pound.
Legorious struggling a bit here.
Beef looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Legorious gets back to half guard.
Beef is working for a kimura here but Legorious manages to reverse the position and he's now in Beef's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legorious postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Beef is on top in guard.
Legorious keeping moving, preventing Beef from controlling successfully.
Beef slips nicely into half guard.
Beef is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Legorious doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Beef.
Beef is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beef seems to be working for a kimura but Legorious defends the submission attempt.
Beef is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Beef is looking for a kimura here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kobe Beef dominated that round.
That's time! Beef's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Legorious ducks under a wild hook from Beef.
Beef tries to bum rush Legorious with a series of wild strikes but Legorious uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Legorious defending well as Beef loads up on a big left hand.
Beef moves into range and connects with a jab.
We've been informed that Legorious has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Legorious takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Beef throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beef avoids the head kick by Legorious.
Beef throws a hook to the side of Legorious's head but Legorious sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Legorious throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Legorious moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Legorious uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Beef.
Beef tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Legorious was well out of range. Poor timing from Beef.
Beef connects with a body shot that sends Legorious's belly button to the back.
Beef pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Beef lands with a nice combination. Legorious backs away looking to recover.
Beef changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Legorious looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Legorious manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Legorious trying to control from half guard but Beef is working away.
Legorious is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Well, if Legorious is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legorious wants to take a breather but Beef is having none of it.
Beef trying to control but Legorious postures up.
Legorious is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Beef wants to control but Legorious passes into side.
Beef is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Legorious can do to turn this around?
Legorious trying to control the position but Beef is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beef regains half guard.
Legorious trying to control from half guard but Beef is working away.
Legorious sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Beef defending well though.
Beef is pressing down on Legorious's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Beef throws his legs up looking for a submission but Legorious uses it to pass to side control.
Legorious wants to lay and pray for a moment but Beef keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Legorious tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Legorious wants to lay and pray for a moment but Beef keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kobe Beef dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Beef waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Legorious.
Beef lands a jab to the head.
Beef drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Beef passes Legorious's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Legorious is staying active underneath Beef, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Legorious moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Beef pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Legorious is keeping the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Legorious looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Beef passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beef trying to control the action but Legorious is working from the bottom.
Kobe Beef overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Legorious is looking to reverse the position.
Legorious stops Beef from passing to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Beef is working Legorious over with some ground and pound from side control.
Beef is looking to take a break and control but Legorious is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Beef tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Beef thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Beef has an Americana. Legorious didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Beef is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Beef hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Kobe Beef!
A relieved looking Kobe Beef thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Dany Legorious was interviewed post fight and said 'Kobe was a tough opponent and I knew that from taking this match in two days notice I was going to be in some trouble, I hope to bounce back and get into the win column very quickly.'.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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